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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion) with semantic loan from English symposium (conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /simˈbo.si.o/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧μπό‧σι‧ο

Noun

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συμπόσιο (sympósion (plural συμπόσια)

  1. (originally Ancient Greece) symposium, convivium, drinking party
  2. symposium (a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ συμπόσιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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